Beck-Fanfare for the Common Percussionist (SP)-4T/P

Fanfare for the Common Percussionist is a sextet for your percussion ensemble that utilizes unison rhythms for a loud fanfare like mood. This ensemble is perfect for advance elementary or early middle school students.

Number of Players: 6
Difficulty: Grade 2
Instrumentation:

Player I: Snare Drum

Player II: Tenor Drum

Player III: 4 Tom-Toms

Player IV: Bass Drum

Player V: Cymbals

Player VI: 4 Timpani

John R. Beck has performed with a wide variety of ensembles in a diversity of musical styles. He joined the artist-faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998, and is a percussionist with the Winston-Salem and Greensboro symphony orchestras, Brass Band of Battle Creek, and the Philidor Percussion Group. A former member of the United States Marine Band, he performed regularly with the National and Baltimore symphonies, Washington and Baltimore operas, and the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center.